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Vocabulary Week 28

Vocabulary Week 28. Word 1: Persuade Def: To convince by giving reasons Sent : Remarkably, Lisa persuaded all the students to get up and go to the beach. .

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Vocabulary Week 28

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  1. Vocabulary Week 28

  2. Word 1: PersuadeDef: To convince by giving reasonsSent: Remarkably, Lisa persuaded all the students to get up and go to the beach.

  3. Word 2: FlinchDef: A sudden movement backwards caused by fright or painSent: Principal Smith flinched in horror as he saw all the students leaving the school.

  4. Word 3: AstoundDef: So surprising that it is hard to believeSent:The idea that Lisa could convince all the students to leave school was astounding.

  5. Word 4: Rogue Def: A person of low characterSent:Lisa had been a loner and a rogue, but today she was the leader of them all.

  6. Word 5: HorrendousDef: Extremely badSent:Principal Smith realized this was a horrendous blow to her reputation.

  7. Word 6: DejectedDef: Disappointed and sadSent:Principal Smith had never felt so dejected in her whole life.

  8. Word 7: JinxDef: Something that brings bad luckSent:Lisa had been a jinx for Principal Miller. Bad things had happened since the first day she showed up.

  9. Word 8: PandemoniumDef: Wild disorder, chaosSent: Pandemonium reined as teachers tried futilely to keep students from leaving and going to the beach.

  10. Word 9: DisperseDef: To break up and scatterSent:Riots resulted in the parking lot and police were called in to disperse everyone.

  11. Word 10:Notify / NotificationDef: To officially tell someone , alert, warnSent: Principal Smith finally notified everyone on the loudspeaker that anyone leaving to the beach would be severely punished.

  12. Word 11: DocileDef: Calm and easy to controlSent: Judy, who was a docile student and never did anything wrong, sat doing her homework during all of the commotion.

  13. Word 12: NumbDef: Unable to feel part of your bodySent: Suddenly Principal Miller’s whole body felt numb. It was all too much for her.

  14. Word 13: IntensifyDef: To increase in strength or degreeSent: Teachers trying to control the students just intensified the crazy atmosphere that was getting worse by the minute.

  15. Word 15: ContributeDef: To give energy, time or money to a causeSent: Parents showing up screaming only contributed to the chaos and pandemonium.

  16. Word 19: Fraudulent / FraudDef: Intended to illegally deceive people in order to gain money or powerSent:Lisa had fraudulently written a check out from Principal Smith’s checkbook in order to buy Pizza for everyone at the beach.

  17. Word 17:AnnihilateDef: To destroy completelySent:This stunt had annihilated any hope of Lisa getting student of the year.

  18. Word 16: DetrimentalDef: To be harmful to, to cause damage toSent: To say the least, this day had been very detrimental to the learning process.

  19. Word 18: EssenceDef: Overall meaning or most important quality of somethingSent:The school board thought the essence of the whole thing revolved around “caring.”

  20. Word 19: DisassembleDef: To take apartSent: The whole high school curriculum was disassembled and rebuilt around the idea of “caring.” Even Lisa learned to care.

  21. Word 20: GobletDef: Drinking glass with a long stem to hold itSent: The school board toasted their success with goblets full of ice cold Pepsi.

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